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remarked that the greatest ' . unanimity- existed between the Seven Lodges ; in fact , never more so . He was glad their first Banquet had met with so great success , as he well knew that many Brethren were prevented by business and other causes from attending on the regular Lodge occasions . He concluded by returning thanks for the toast . The health of the Chairman was proposed by
Bro . L . P . Tnpe / P . M . No . 224 , who said : As Chairman of the committee , a duty has been imposed upon me which is at once easy and embarrasing . Easy , for I have but to speak a plain unvarnished truth , which will find an echo in the breast of every Brother present ; but embarrassing , because on the principle that the greater the truth the greater the libel , so the greater the need of praisef the
greater my difficulty in steering between coldness or affectation on the one side , and the fear of wounding the sensitive feelings of our Chairman on the other . My only way out of the difficulty is to suppose our Chairman placed for the time in the dark corner , to vote our Vice into the chair , and then we can discuss the merits at our ease , and we can talk of Brother Hushye as we do when we retire froni labour to refreshment in our Lodges , when
,., „¦ . . i ¦ - !; • ,,. — His name ., Familiar in our mouths as household words /' Is in our flowing cups freshly remembered . Not many years have elapsed since our Brother was raised to the high position he at present occupies , succeeding one who endeared himself to every member of the Craft by his prompt attention to any summons , and by his personal kindness and urbanity . Indeed , it is not too much to say , that by the eminent qualities of the
Dep . Prov ., as well as those of the Prov . G . M ., this Province was now raised second to hone in the kingdom . Bro . T . here alluded to the last time he had met Dr . Carwithen . It was , he said , in that room in the chair then occupied by the Prov . Grand Secretary , at a mixed meeting of Brethren and Laity , to commemorate laying the foundation-stone of the Boyal British Female Orphan Asylum . On that , as on every other occasion , we were indebted to him for the most loyal and Brotherly assistance . The reminiscences are , however , accompanied with some
most painful reflections ,, —for he has been moved to the Grand Lodge above , and with him two near relatives of mine—a brother and a brother-in-law , who in the Masonic procession of that day bore the standards of the Prov . Grand Master and Deputy Prov . Grand Master ; one died in the actual service of his Queen and country , and the other removed from us on his return to England after forty years' arduous service in India . They were in every sense of the word good and loyal Masons . In continuing his remarks , Bro . Tripe observed : It is said that
a very indifferent ruler appears to subjects endowed with every good quality when he succeeds a Nero , while , on the other hand , our present heir apparent must be a paragon , . if , when he succeeds to the throne , he rivals our Queen in the affection of his subjects . Such was the disagreeable position of Bro . Huyshe when he succeeded our late lamented friend Dr . Carwithen but a few years since . By what slow but sure degrees he thus won golden opinions from all , and what position he occupies now in the estimation of us all needs no speech of mine ; for is it not
recorded in the memory of all , and do not his Masonic merits rise before us , written Cl in the mind's eye "of each more clearly and more graphically than I can describe it ? He has won his present proud character not by an over-strained effort at popularity , nor by the exercise of commanding eloquence or talent , but simply by recognizing the axiom that his position had its duties as well as its privileges , and that those duties , often unpleasant , he has discharged with uprightness and
firmness , but at the same time , with urbanity , forbearance , and brotherly love . He lias done all he could ; witness his presence hero to night and his more fatiguing journey to Dartmoor lately to encourage industry and reward merit in deserving Brethren ; while in the decision of every trespass against our rules ho has judged with candour , administered with friendship , and reprehended with mercy . Such qualities will always command respect and regard in the profane world , how much more then among us , a " band of Brothers ? " Let us then drink , with all the
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remarked that the greatest ' . unanimity- existed between the Seven Lodges ; in fact , never more so . He was glad their first Banquet had met with so great success , as he well knew that many Brethren were prevented by business and other causes from attending on the regular Lodge occasions . He concluded by returning thanks for the toast . The health of the Chairman was proposed by
Bro . L . P . Tnpe / P . M . No . 224 , who said : As Chairman of the committee , a duty has been imposed upon me which is at once easy and embarrasing . Easy , for I have but to speak a plain unvarnished truth , which will find an echo in the breast of every Brother present ; but embarrassing , because on the principle that the greater the truth the greater the libel , so the greater the need of praisef the
greater my difficulty in steering between coldness or affectation on the one side , and the fear of wounding the sensitive feelings of our Chairman on the other . My only way out of the difficulty is to suppose our Chairman placed for the time in the dark corner , to vote our Vice into the chair , and then we can discuss the merits at our ease , and we can talk of Brother Hushye as we do when we retire froni labour to refreshment in our Lodges , when
,., „¦ . . i ¦ - !; • ,,. — His name ., Familiar in our mouths as household words /' Is in our flowing cups freshly remembered . Not many years have elapsed since our Brother was raised to the high position he at present occupies , succeeding one who endeared himself to every member of the Craft by his prompt attention to any summons , and by his personal kindness and urbanity . Indeed , it is not too much to say , that by the eminent qualities of the
Dep . Prov ., as well as those of the Prov . G . M ., this Province was now raised second to hone in the kingdom . Bro . T . here alluded to the last time he had met Dr . Carwithen . It was , he said , in that room in the chair then occupied by the Prov . Grand Secretary , at a mixed meeting of Brethren and Laity , to commemorate laying the foundation-stone of the Boyal British Female Orphan Asylum . On that , as on every other occasion , we were indebted to him for the most loyal and Brotherly assistance . The reminiscences are , however , accompanied with some
most painful reflections ,, —for he has been moved to the Grand Lodge above , and with him two near relatives of mine—a brother and a brother-in-law , who in the Masonic procession of that day bore the standards of the Prov . Grand Master and Deputy Prov . Grand Master ; one died in the actual service of his Queen and country , and the other removed from us on his return to England after forty years' arduous service in India . They were in every sense of the word good and loyal Masons . In continuing his remarks , Bro . Tripe observed : It is said that
a very indifferent ruler appears to subjects endowed with every good quality when he succeeds a Nero , while , on the other hand , our present heir apparent must be a paragon , . if , when he succeeds to the throne , he rivals our Queen in the affection of his subjects . Such was the disagreeable position of Bro . Huyshe when he succeeded our late lamented friend Dr . Carwithen but a few years since . By what slow but sure degrees he thus won golden opinions from all , and what position he occupies now in the estimation of us all needs no speech of mine ; for is it not
recorded in the memory of all , and do not his Masonic merits rise before us , written Cl in the mind's eye "of each more clearly and more graphically than I can describe it ? He has won his present proud character not by an over-strained effort at popularity , nor by the exercise of commanding eloquence or talent , but simply by recognizing the axiom that his position had its duties as well as its privileges , and that those duties , often unpleasant , he has discharged with uprightness and
firmness , but at the same time , with urbanity , forbearance , and brotherly love . He lias done all he could ; witness his presence hero to night and his more fatiguing journey to Dartmoor lately to encourage industry and reward merit in deserving Brethren ; while in the decision of every trespass against our rules ho has judged with candour , administered with friendship , and reprehended with mercy . Such qualities will always command respect and regard in the profane world , how much more then among us , a " band of Brothers ? " Let us then drink , with all the